Saif
#1,315 for boys in 2025, 147 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 147 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,526since 1978
Saif over time
Rank among boys' names. Saif has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,315 | 147 |
| 2024 | #1,355 | 140 |
| 2023 | #1,591 | 109 |
| 2022 | #1,642 | 105 |
| 2021 | #1,853 | 83 |
| 2020 | #1,833 | 81 |
| 2019 | #1,642 | 99 |
| 2018 | #1,584 | 105 |
| 2017 | #1,644 | 96 |
| 2016 | #1,811 | 83 |
| 2015 | #1,546 | 105 |
| 2014 | #1,691 | 90 |
| 2013 | #1,942 | 71 |
| 2012 | #1,775 | 84 |
| 2011 | #2,284 | 56 |
| 2010 | #1,986 | 69 |
| 2009 | #2,050 | 67 |
| 2008 | #1,874 | 77 |
| 2007 | #2,094 | 65 |
| 2006 | #2,221 | 57 |
| 2005 | #1,967 | 64 |
| 2004 | #1,804 | 69 |
| 2003 | #1,717 | 71 |
| 2002 | #2,155 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,520 | 38 |
| 2000 | #1,895 | 55 |
| 1999 | #1,932 | 50 |
| 1998 | #2,274 | 39 |
| 1997 | #2,126 | 41 |
| 1996 | #2,017 | 43 |
| 1995 | #1,864 | 46 |
| 1994 | #2,041 | 40 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
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| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Saif! It came in at #4,554, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Saif is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#614 · 1 in 4,163
- Virginia#885 · 1 in 6,790
- Illinois#891 · 1 in 6,630
- Ohio#988 · 1 in 8,187
- Texas#1,239 · 1 in 12,491
Best ever in a state: #490 in Michigan, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #614 | 23 | 1 in 4,163 |
| Virginia | #885 | 6 | 1 in 6,790 |
| Illinois | #891 | 9 | 1 in 6,630 |
| Ohio | #988 | 7 | 1 in 8,187 |
| Texas | #1,239 | 14 | 1 in 12,491 |
| Florida | #1,513 | 6 | 1 in 15,973 |
| California | #2,248 | 6 | 1 in 34,419 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Saif
- 40 spots since 2024 (#1,355 → #1,315)
- 518 spots since 2020 (#1,833 → #1,315)
- 231 spots since 2015 (#1,546 → #1,315)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2025 at #1,315 (147 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 11,620 boys born in 2025 were named Saif (0.01%)
- 34.0% of all boys named Saif (858) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | #4,554 (1978) | #4,554 |
| 1980s | 74 | #3,201 (1987) | #4,960 |
| 1990s | 310 | #1,864 (1995) | #3,079 |
| 2000s | 612 | #1,717 (2003) | #2,030 |
| 2010s | 858 | #1,546 (2015) | #1,791 |
| 2020s | 665 | #1,315 (2025) | #1,598 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Saif in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 17,297 of them was named Saif, which outranked 88.8% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,576Merritt106
- #1,576Noam106
- #1,576Thor106
- #1,584Saif105
- #1,584Brigham105
- #1,584Jaxyn105
- #1,584Keelan105
- #1,591Auden104
- #1,591Shaurya104
- #1,593Arnold103
Tied with 6 names at #1,584; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.